Tabaré Vázquez
President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020
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Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (Spanish pronunciation: [taβaˈɾe raˈmon ˈbaskes ˈrosas]; 17 January 1940 – 6 December 2020) was an Uruguayan politician. He served as President of Uruguay from 2015 to 2020.
Tabaré Vázquez | |
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39th and 41st President of Uruguay | |
In office 1 March 2015 – 1 March 2020 | |
Vice President | Raúl Sendic (2015–2017) Lucía Topolansky (since 2017) |
Preceded by | José Mujica |
Succeeded by | Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou |
In office 1 March 2005 – 1 March 2010 | |
Vice President | Rodolfo Nin |
Preceded by | Jorge Batlle Ibáñez |
Succeeded by | José Mujica |
President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations | |
In office 1 March 2015 – 23 March 2016 | |
Preceded by | José Mujica |
Succeeded by | Nicolás Maduro |
Intendant of Montevideo | |
In office 5 May 1990 – 5 May 1994 | |
Preceded by | Eduardo Fabini Jiménez |
Succeeded by | Tabaré González |
Personal details | |
Born | Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas 17 January 1940 Montevideo, Uruguay |
Died | 6 December 2020 Montevideo, Uruguay | (aged 80)
Cause of death | Lung cancer |
Political party | Socialist Party |
Other political affiliations | Broad Front |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | Ignacio Álvaro Javier Fabián |
Alma mater | University of the Republic |
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In August 2019, Vázquez was diagnosed with lung cancer.[1] He died on 6 December 2020 from the disease in Montevideo at the age of 80.[2][3]
References
change- ↑ "Remember you are a mortal". El Observador (in Spanish). 24 August 2019.
- ↑ "Murió el expresidente Tabaré Vázquez". El País Uruguay (in Spanish). 6 December 2020.
- ↑ "Murió el expresidente Tabaré Vázquez". El Observador (in Spanish). 6 December 2020.
Other websites
changeMedia related to Tabaré Vázquez at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Spanish) Site of President of Uruguay Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spanish) Electoral site of Tabaré Vázquez[permanent dead link]
- (in Spanish) Biography by CIDOB Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
- New leftist cabinet launched in Uruguay (Xinhua News Agency)
- Uruguay inaugurates first leftist president Archived 2005-03-08 at the Wayback Machine (The Globe and Mail)
- Left-wing Uruguay leader sworn in (BBC News)
- Uruguay joys over new president (BBC News)
- (in Spanish) El Espectador: Tax Reform
- Leftist Chief Is Installed in Uruguay and Gets Busy on Agenda (The New York Times)
- (in Spanish) Links for Plan de Emergencia Nacional